Ottawa Highlights: Scenic Drive and Canal Cruise

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Embark on a small group tour of Ottawa and explore the city’s top attractions. Enjoy a river cruise, visit iconic landmarks, and learn about Canada’s history on a guided walking tour of Parliament Hill.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Ottawa - Your Ottawa sightseeing tour begins with pick up from your hotel before heading out on a narrated drive past some must-see sights! You’ll pass the Parliament Buildings and make stops outside the Supreme Court and Canadian Museum of History for photos with a view.

What's Included

Complimentary Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off in Downtown Ottawa
Small Group Driving Tour (Max 9 Guests)
Stop at Parliament Hill for self-guided walking tour of the grounds
Canadian Museum of History (Admission Included) (Seasonal: November-April)
Rideau Canal Cruise (Admission Included) (Seasonal: April-November)

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Your See Sight Tours guide will warmly welcome you at your downtown Ottawa accommodation before embarking on your journey in one of our complimentary vehicles.
Begin with a picturesque drive through Rockcliffe Park, where you’ll have an exclusive opportunity to witness some of the city’s most stunning sights, often overlooked by visitors.
Then, hop on a…

Location

Ottawa

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Angelina_s

Jul 22, 2025

Great time - Very convenient. Driver comes to your residence to pick you up. Get a little history of Ottawa. Boat tour is great

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Philip_a

Jul 10, 2025

You see the main parts of... - You see the main parts of Ottawa, Gatineau, government residences. Very informative and educational.

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Danielcl7428xd

Jul 3, 2025

Worthwhile Ottawa tour - We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Our guide Denis was most knowledgeable and extremely accommodating. Seeing Ottawa provides a totally different perspective and I highly recommend it

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Clara_b

Jun 14, 2025

Gabriel was absolutely... - Gabriel was absolutely fantastic! We traveled in his van for a very private, enjoyable and informative tour :-) the boat tour was also quite nice ‘

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Johanne_m

May 23, 2025

It was great, very... - It was great, very informative - our tour guide Gabriel was amazing. After the mini-van ride, we went on a boat tour of the canal.

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Brenda_h

May 20, 2025

Great tour - We would recommend this tour. It was very informative and the Tour guide was highly educated in the history and all the sights and more. Very friendly we all really enjoyed ourselves we would recommend definitely get your moneys worth and more

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David_h

May 17, 2025

Gabriel was great as our... - Gabriel was great as our guide, very informative and easy going. My 20 yr old daughter and I had essentially a private tour. Overall a nice overview of Ottawa.

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Jarrett_h

Jul 20, 2025

Wrong information in description - The tour itself was just ok. Guide was fairly knowledgeable and tried to be helpful when the tour wasn't what it said it was. Honestly it you are doing it to save time and don't want to rent a car it's good but if you have a car you Can do anything on this yourself. The thing that really upset me was that the description on viator specifically stated and I read it to the guide that the boat was described to be a tour on the ottawa River and they said not for the morning tour. The morning tour was a Rideau canal tour which was also just ok but something you can go hope on anytime yourself on Elgin st Because the tour said specifically it was a river cruise not the canal I had booked a canal tour later in the day. Luckily I was able to call and switch my canal tour for a river cruise for the same day just be aware the tour may not be as described and you can do everything yourself very easily minus the knowledge of the area.

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Stephanie_p

Jul 20, 2025

Tour did not make all stops - This tour could have been fantastic, but I think the tour guide (I cannot remember his name) was not the right person for the job. Very nice man and he wanted to accommodate us, but his English was not fluent enough and he did not give a lot of information on the tour. Also, we did not make all the stops that we were supposed to. I travelled with my 18 year old daughter. There was another English speaking couple in the group. It was a minivan. Pick up was at the hotel. All good. He drove to the highlights and pointed out things. Traffic was great. We made a couple of stops, but missed others. Per the itinerary, we did not stop at the Supreme Court, and we did not get the 1 hour Parliament Hill audio walking tour. Instead we stopped for a restroom break at the National Arts Centre for a long time, to wait for our boat tour. There was nothing to do at the Centre, so we walked to the war memorial to watch an event in progress just to pass time. Then he took us to the boat. The boat tour was very good. It was with a different tour guide. But here too was an issue. Our tour guide from above should have told us there was going to be a line up for the boat instead of us "passing our time" and not really doing anything, and he should have coordinated with the 4 of us and the boat operator. We didnt know there was going to be a line and therefore we were at the back of the line. Boat Tour was of the Rideau Canal. Enjoyable. Good guide. But was it supposed to be the River tour or Canal tour? It's hard to say whether I would recommend this tour. Per the description, it sounds great, and per other reviews, people have been pleased. Based on not having a complete tour, I would say no.

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Andree_l

Jun 27, 2025

Not as advertised… better off booking these yourself. - This tour did not deliver as per the itinerary. Denis was well informed, though struggled at time to find the appropriate English terms, so I had to help him out on a couple of instances since I was more bilingual than he was. This was an English tour. We didn’t stop at the Supreme Court building, he seemed surprised our90 min Roseau canal cruise came back in less than 2 hrs. His minivan would be a tight squeeze for 6, though a little tired, well maintained. What bugs me the most is the itinerary said we would have a walk around the parliament grounds with a self guided audio tour. No such tour exists. So we finished without the parliament grounds tour and got no refund for that hour we were supposed to have. I’d steer clear of this one.youre better off booking the cruise yourself, book the free parliament ahead of time. We were supposed to stop at the Supreme Court building and we didn’t. I requested a partial refund, Seesight hasn’t even acknowledged my message.

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